Aida - Souls of Sand

Teatro Massimo di Palermo

June 7, 1945, marked the dawn of a new era in the history of English musical theater, finally celebrating its emancipation from its centuries-long subservience to European opera, especially Italian opera, which had dominated all English theaters. The architect of this rebirth was Benjamin Britten, who, on that very June 7, 1945, had achieved great success at Sadler's Wells in London with Peter Grimes , with a libretto by Montagu Slater based on the poem "The Borough " by George Crabbe, a poet who served as a source of inspiration for his musical world. In 1948, Britten moved to Aldeburgh, Suffolk, a town particularly beloved by Crabbe, which became the ideal setting for many of his works. Here, in the same year, the English composer founded a Festival with the collaboration of the tenor Peter Pears, the first interpreter of his Peter Grimes , and in 1949 he composed, on a text by Eric Crozier, The little Sweep , written for a rather small ensemble made up of a string quartet, a piano four hands and percussion.

Sonia Sala

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28 - 30 Apr, 2026

Aida - Souls of Sand · Teatro Massimo

Mar 9, 2026

THE LITTLE CHIMNEY SWEEP by Benjamin Britten · Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana

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Amneris in Aida by Verdi

Teatro Massimo

Miss Baggot, governante in The Little Sweep by Britten

Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana

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